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[Voice (morning) / Action (evening)]

Oct 03, 2011 01:20

[Voice - Locked from Al, Winry, Gracia, and Elicia]

This might seem like a weird question, but I need to ask.

A lot of people - kids, even - act like they're fine with death and killing. The draft taught me that much. And around here dying doesn't even seem to matter because you just come back anyway. Is that what makes it- [Not okay, he can't ( Read more... )

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[voice] infireandflame October 3 2011, 05:39:01 UTC

[Oh geeze. It's not a weird question so much as a loaded one.]

It's never acceptable, whether you're used to it or not... and even those soldiers in times of war are little more than murderers in times of peace.

The day you no longer feel that guilt is the day you cease to be human.

[voice] truthget October 3 2011, 05:51:18 UTC

[Yeah, that too. And Edward can't help a slight grimace; after talking with Riza and finding out everything the colonel did during the Ishbalan War, he's been wary of the topic of killing ever being brought up with Roy. Still, as an alchemist unassociated with human transmutation (at the moment) his input could be beneficial here.]

I meant that it's acceptable enough to keep killing, even if you don't want to. What good is feeling guilty if you're still killing people?

[voice] infireandflame October 3 2011, 06:27:51 UTC

Death is death, whether it lasts or not. You want a reason for why people do it? That's simple: you don't want to die, so you kill them before they can kill you. The reasons are always simple.

There isn't any good to it, and those who can't bring themselves to do it are replaced by those who will. In the end, it comes down to whether or not you can live with doing it yourself or pushing it off on another.

[voice] truthget October 3 2011, 06:44:52 UTC

[That's right... that had happened to Armstrong in the war. And when he'd disappeared in Baschool, Kimbley had carved the bloody crest in that region in his place, or so he'd heard after the fact. Refusing to kill often just throws the job in someone else's direction, like it or not.]

Maybe it's just a kid's way of thinking, but... I don't get it. I don't get why someone has to die. Isn't there a way to fight where no one dies?

[voice] infireandflame October 3 2011, 17:56:45 UTC

Why does anyone have to fight at all? It doesn't stop the intent, it only delays the next attack. It's a waste of manpower and resources, of supplies that could be better directed elsewhere, of the land itself and the people who call it home. And yet we do it anyway and cover it up with pretty words and notions.

If your words are a child's way of thinking, then I suppose myself and so many others are guilty of having never become adults.

[Hey, even though his dream has been put on hold, he still intends to have that country where there isn't any need for fighting and senseless warfare... but while he could bring himself to lie about Hughes, he can't lie about his own beliefs. Common threads are how one forges or strengthens alliances, after all, and FullMetal is a valuable ally.

...not that he'd ever outright admit that.]

[voice] truthget October 3 2011, 22:15:09 UTC

[It's kind of astonishing to hear such pacifist words from the Flame Alchemist, but Hawkeye's story gave him something of a newfound respect for Mustang. Not a lot, mind you - he's still something of a lazy womanizing bastard and a troll, after all. But his ideals are noble ones, and Ed's aware of what they might ultimately cost him. The fact that that isn't stopping Mustang is something Ed won't easily forget.]

...Hurry up and become Fuhrer, then, because there's a lot of conflict that has to end before that can happen.

[voice] infireandflame October 4 2011, 02:57:36 UTC

There isn't much I can do about that here, but I'll be sure to let my staff know to get on that as soon as I get back.

[voice] truthget October 4 2011, 03:49:37 UTC

I can't see them needing a reminder. Seems like Hawkeye is the one working the hardest for it.

[voice] infireandflame October 4 2011, 04:03:28 UTC

What can I say? She's the best there is at what she does.

[voice] truthget October 4 2011, 14:24:20 UTC

...You're going to have to start gathering some new allies here, colonel.

[His tone's a little more serious, this time; going it alone is more his style, but allies are definitely useful, especially when you're used to working as a team.]

[voice] infireandflame October 6 2011, 02:29:30 UTC

[SIGH.]

Do you have any idea how long it takes to forge meaningful alliances?

[Though, it doesn't mean he won't try.]

[voice] truthget October 6 2011, 03:53:48 UTC

It'll take longer if you give them the impression that you're lazy.

[Because you're really good at that, if nothing else.]

[voice] infireandflame October 6 2011, 04:51:41 UTC

I'm not lazy, I just happen to excel at procrastination.

[voice] truthget October 6 2011, 04:53:39 UTC

...That's the same damn thing!

[voice] infireandflame October 6 2011, 05:46:37 UTC

No they aren't. Procrastination will still eventually get things done while laziness does nothing at all.

[voice] truthget October 7 2011, 07:24:43 UTC

...Tch. [Whatever, he still thinks you're lazy 8|]

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